GARCIA v. ST. BERNARD PARISH SCHOOL BD.

No. 90-CC-1144.

576 So.2d 975 (1991)

Sharon GARCIA, et al. v. ST. BERNARD PARISH SCHOOL BOARD.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Rowley, Dist. Atty. and Robert A. Buckley, Asst. Dist. Atty., for St. Bernard Parish School Board, et al., defendants-applicants.

Leon A. Aucoin and Mary D. Sentenn, Aucoin, Unland & Eppling, for Pelican State Mut. Ins. Co., plaintiff-respondent.

James W. Brodtman for Sharon Garcia, Indiv. and on behalf of her minor daughter, Tina Garcia, plaintiff-respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

The issue before the court is whether the insurance policy issued to the St. Bernard Parish School Board excluded coverage for an injury sustained by a high school cheerleader while performing an acrobatic stunt during a football game sponsored by the Board. The policy provision at issue stated that "the insurance does not apply to bodily injury to any person while practicing for or participating in any contest or exhibition of an athletic or sports...

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